Car Suggestion

My 17 year old son recently got I to cars, and wanting to work on them. Right now he has a 2001 Lexus ES300. There is nothing wrong with it and nothing to work on. So we were thinking about getting a different car, one that we can work on and improve.
I want to keep insurance down, so no turbos. But it would be nice for him to have a fun car to drive.
Safety is a must. He wanted a CRX until realizing they would kill him.
Front or all wheel drive would be necessary, we live in the midwest.
He and I both prefer Japanese cars, me and the Mrs both have Subaru, so he's grown up liking them.
What's the best option here?
Pic semi unrelated (would be his dream car)

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>Subaru

Get him an Impreza

Find a 2.5RS, and do a father-son STI swap.

>Front or all wheel drive would be necessary

If he has a different DD I don't see why this is the case

anyways

Miata
Nissan Z car
subaru impreza (first gen coupe with the 2.2)

>me and the mrs both have a subaru
Then it's settled, get him an evo

We would be replacing his lexus, no room for 5 cars, and it would be nice not to spend so much.

Step 1: Get Outback Sport
Step 2: Lift that bitch with Forester suspension
Step 3: knobby tyres
Step 4: hell yeah

has to be fun, front-wheel or all wheel drive, no turbo and japanese..

here you go

This looks like a really promising car. Seems hard to find though

This, if you want your son to do better than you have, get him the subaru killer

Also I would have been hype as fuck if my dad bought me an evo at 17

Volvo 700 series or a 244

>Subaru killer
On the track? Sure. On the trail? Not even close.

Haha, true

Brings up the question: are you guys looking for a track-esque car, or a rally car?

He has always been a fan of rally and the culture that comes with it, ever since we played some rally game on the Xbox when he was 5 or so. But this car is not going to be something he would actually rally in.

Can't tell if this is stupid or genius

Then I'd say either look for a 2004-2007 STI, a 2.5RS to engine swap, or a first gen Impreza to engine swap.

Hardmode: Import a 1992 WRX from Japan next year. They turn 25 next year.

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Forester and outback, there's no competition going on here

He would absolutely love to do this, I'm just not sure where in the Nebraska area you would go.

Take out a large life insurance on him and get him a turbo crx.

Get him a 3-pot Geo Metro.

Cheap to insure and loads of fun, and they sound GREAT straight-piped.

Dont buy a subaru. absolute money pits. NZ has the highest ownership of subarus outside japan.

if you are considering doing a car project together, dont pick something in the too easy basket. how about a old japanese classic car: something like a toyota crown or nissan 260C or a nissan prince/gloria or a old mazda?

Legacy or SVX

>Subaru killer

Only the evo 8 and 9 were better.. every single other generation was bested by subarus equivalent.

get a celica

confirmed get him an OBS, best car ever

you think you're joking, but that looks awesome

Forester XT's are super fun after you give them an STi conversion.

cheapest bet would be a civic. Modded, they can produce quite a bit of power.

Get your son an Alto and your family will rule the touge for generations
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I'm not as much of a fan of how they look

Get him a Datsun 120Y and swap some V6 engine on it

Get an evo. Less head gaskets and more power

Can you be my dad?

i'm not joking..

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That actually looks amazing

It was banned in street drifting because it put Nissan to shame.

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Might just be me but I wouldn't replace my DD with a project car. You'll need garage space to work on a project car anyway so you're gonna have space problems regardless from the sounds of things.

I would recommend a 350z, they are pretty fun to drive and under 10k now

Looking more around 3k

>sounds gud
>looks good (as far as welfare/drug dealer cars go)
>drives good
>fast
>cheap as fuk
>bulletproof engine
>guaranteed to need some work since its 15-20 years old
Not really sure about safety, but parts are about as cheap as they get for japanese cars, and with a haynes manual you can do anything

in the US, bug eye imprezas like op pic were non turbo until i think 2003

you can get non turbo bug eyes pretty cheap, and you'll probably have to fix them because people treat subarus like shit because
>lol they dont break!

im telling you now though, if you have to fix the headgasket, just forget about it

Evos are way less reliable than Subarus

In what way? I'm curious how something with fewer gaskets, cams, and lacking a split block is much less reliable.